Breakfast ideas??

On weekdays when I'm at work I'll bring Old Fashioned Oatmeal . I like salty food in the morning. Have not been able, NEVER, to eat doughnuts or cake in the morning, so I add salt and 1/2 oz of low fat mozzarella cheese. On weekends I will make myself an omelet with 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites, and add some vegetables inside with one Thomas Whole Wheat Muffin.

I have to eat when I get to work, I can't eat until I have been awake for a while. I bring Activia Yogurt and a container of blueberries. Easy, quick - can change up the flavors of yogurt.

Green smoothies!

I usually have leftovers from the night before, toast/tortilla with nut butter, or oats (sorry!).

What about oatmeal don't you like? If it's the texture, I don't have any help. But if it's the sweetness, have you tried savory oats? Or you could try another grain like rice or quinoa.

I really love a scramble, heavy on the veggies of course! I do about 1/2 cup (each) of whatever veggies I have on hand-broccoli, onion, peppers, asparagus, spinach-add some coconut oil and some sort of lean meat and an egg and voilà! Light on carbs and heavy on protein

Well, this helps, knowing you don't like oatmeal. Perhaps try dry cereals instead then, supplementing with an egg or a few nuts for protein.

There is no reason to eat foods you hate when reforming your diet.

So what have you been eating that you're bored with it? So I can stop making suggestions that don't work for you.

brentsgurl wrote: »

I have never been able to eat oatmeal, it makes me gag. It's honestly one of the only things i can think of that i don't like. It's probably the texture more then the taste. Maybe i'll try it again adding some fruit or something to it, to see if that helps. I feel like if i eat a yogurt and fruit i'm starving all morning.

Nah, life is too short to choke down something you hate.

Yogurt and fruit would leave me starving too. What about a breakfast burrito or a sandwich? You can throw most of it together the night before and assemble it in the morning. Fillings can include anything you want: my personal favorites are beans, tofu, faux meats, guacamole, and vegetables (I don't do meat, dairy, or eggs -- you obviously can include whatever you enjoy).

Oops, I see upthread you have mentioned your typical breakfast; omelet or pancakes. So I say stay away from omelet and pancakes for a month or two until you start missing them again. And stay away from cooked oatmeal forever.

Hard boiled egg and toast.
Fruit salad with Greek Yogurt and an English muffin.
Muesli and yogurt.
Granola and yogurt (measure the granola carefully; it's calorie-dense).

If eggs, bacon, omelets, oatmeal, and yogurt are all out, that's cutting out a lot of the standard options I'd suggest.

Avocado on toast
French toast (I eat mine with yogurt instead of syrup)
Bagel thins with cream cheese and lox
Frozen waffles with peanut butter

What were you eating for breakfast before? That might give us some ideas. And remember, you don't have to eat breakfast food for breakfast. You can have leftovers, steak, veggie soup. Your body doesn't care.

Yogurt with Kashi cereal. Fruit. Bagel and Cream cheese. Breakfast wrap (tortilla, scrambled eggs, cheese, bacon)

I make mock McMuffins basically every day.

Toasted English muffin, sandwich thin, or bagel thin (I like high fiber options), lightly buttered if you like
Breakfast meat of your choice (deli ham, turkey sausage, and bacon are my faves)
Cheese (I like to get it sliced at the deli so it's a little thinner; cheddar or American are my usuals)
Whole egg or egg whites, optional - I like to just nuke egg whites in the microwave in a mug, comes out the perfect shape! You could do that with a whole egg, too.

Assemble, nuke to melt the cheese a little if you want. Done!

When I do it with a high fiber muffin, ham, and egg whites, it comes out to 230 calories, 30g carbs, 9g fat, 8g fiber, and 17g protein. I honestly wish I could scale back the carbs a bit to fit my own day a little better, but other than that it's a pretty good start to my day! And it really only takes a couple of minutes to throw together.

I have a different breakfast every day (I rotate the same ones), that helps me out a lot.

One of my favorite breakfasts that I came up with recently was... 1 plate (I use about 30-50g of oats/barley dry) oatmeal or the like with 1 whole fresh pineapple! It came to be something under 400 calories, and it was very filling and super satisfying. I find that porridge tastes pretty boring on the daily, but after I turned mine tropical like that... o-m-g.

Also I've been really enjoying rice cakes with peanut butter & jam on top. One day I had two rice cakes, a little bit of peanut butter, 1 banana sliced on top with sprinkles of 1 square 74% dark chocolate. That was perhaps the most indulgent breakfast I've had in years and it was a pretty sensible portion still. Definitely delicious, and different!